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Outside close up of Boeing 777 flight deck.

ThinKom Ka2517 in the home stretch for Boeing linefit offerability

ThinKom Solutions says it’s in the home stretch to receiving linefit offerability for its ThinAir Ka2517 VICTS antenna as buyer furnis... Continue Reading

Boeing 777 aircraft fitted with Stellar Blu's ESA antenna, which transmitted via OneWeb during a successful flight test.

Boeing eyes IFC provision tweaks to facilitate Stellar Blu ESA

Boeing is evaluating how it can gently tweak its inflight connectivity provisions on 737 MAX, 787 and 777-9 aircraft to enable operators to ... Continue Reading

ThinKom Solutions' Ka2517 VICTA antenna sitting alongside the Hughes electronically steerable antenna in the same IFC package for airlines, as seen on display at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg. Hughes will use this hybrid for one of its new IFC products.

Hughes eyes direct IFC approach with LEO-, GEO- and multi-band hybrid

At a time of massive disruption in inflight connectivity — colored by industry consolidation, the introduction of LEO satellite service to t... Continue Reading

Rendering of the ThinKom ThinAir Plus antenna package, featuring the Ka2517 VICTS and a smaller ESA beside it in the same package, on a blue background

Press Release: ThinKom launches hybrid IFC antenna system

Airlines have a new choice when it comes to bringing high-performance inflight internet service on board. The modular ThinAir Plus architect... Continue Reading

At the Hughes booth at the Airline Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany, Reza Rasoulian, vice president at Hughes, and Ben Griffin, vice president at OneWeb, sign the Distribution Partner agreement for Hughes to provide OneWeb Low Earth Orbit satellite connectivity services to global airlines and select partners.

Press Release: Hughes launches OneWeb LEO IFC to airlines worldwide

Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company, and OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, today announced a Distr... Continue Reading

A Boeing 777 is sitting at the gate at night. Image: Stellar Blu

Press Release: Boeing to evaluate Stellar Blu ESA for open terminal

Stellar Blu Solutions (Stellar Blu), a supplier of next generation satellite communications technology, and Boeing Commercial Airplanes have... Continue Reading

Sofant Technologies phased array antenna in all white on a white background.

Press Release: Sofant and Inmarsat Government to develop ESA

Sofant Technologies, a leading innovator in advanced antenna technologies, and Inmarsat Government, the leading provider of secure, global, ... Continue Reading

The SD Falcon 2000LX ready for Plane Simple antenna installation. The antenna was developed by Qest in partnership with SD.

Antenna-maker Qest delivers update on multiple aero work packages

Business jet owners and operators are an understandably finicky bunch. They don’t just need their jets to offer blazing fast connectivity; t... Continue Reading

A Boeing 787 flying high above the earth. This image shows the wing of the aircraft.

Hughes on fusing GEO and LEO service in aero

Leveraging the IP developed in its active technology suite of products, Hughes Network Systems is exploring translating for commercial aviat... Continue Reading

ThinKom develops new multi-orbit Ku solution for HBCplus consideration

ThinKom Solutions has secured a near 1,000-unit backlog for its Ka2517 VICTS antenna, of which a very significant portion is headed for inte... Continue Reading

Electronically Scanned Array (ESA) technology by Intellian is being displayed in front of a city scape at sunset.

Press Release: Intellian unveils latest flat panel terminals at SATELLITE

Intellian Technologies Inc., a global provider of resilient multi-constellation, feature-rich satellite user terminals and communications so... Continue Reading

ITA Airways A320neo delivered in February 2023 fitted with Iris compatible satellite communications. The aircraft has a blue livery.

Press Release: ITA Airways to join Iris ATM programme

Digitally-connected flights to and from Italy will be available from this summer, as ITA Airways rolls out the European Space Agency (ESA) a... Continue Reading

Private business jet, parked at the FBO, as seen through a very large window. BizAv

Hughes on target to flight-test ESA for Gogo Business in 2H 2024

Hughes Network Systems expects its electronically steerable antenna (ESA) will be ready to enable both flight testing of Gogo Business Aviat... Continue Reading

Press Release: Intelsat completes multi-orbit inflight Wi-Fi tests

Intelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity... Continue Reading

A woman is sitting in an aircraft looking at her mobile device. A laptop also sits on the tray table in front of her. Image: Gilat

Gilat aims to differentiate with multi-orbit dual-beam aero ESA

First-generation electronically steerable antennas (ESAs) coming to the civil aviation market are being positioned as capable of talking to ... Continue Reading